Labour market governance and working conditions resources
June 2023
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Role of financial and economic literacy in improving youth entrepreneurship
22 June 2023
This Policy Brief incorporates the issues and recommendations raised the policy dialogue on “Role of Financial and Economic Literacy in Improving Youth Entrepreneurship”, held in Colombo in January 2023. It provides insights on financial education; innovation in financial markets; transition to formality; consumer protection; institutional capacity building; and entrepreneurial culture.
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Promotion of green entrepreneurship for youth
22 June 2023
This policy brief summarizes the issues and recommendations raised at the policy dialogue on “Promotion of Green Entrepreneurship for Youth”, held in Colombo in December 2022. It provides insights on up scaling greenpreneurship, addressing regulatory and financing barriers, educational platforms, business support systems, impact monitoring, and integration of partnerships.
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Technopreneurship: The digital path to business resilience
22 June 2023
This policy brief incorporates issues and recommendations brough forward by the policy dialogue on “Technopreneurship": The Digital Path to Business Resilience, held in Colombo in September 2022. It provides insights on enhancing talent pool; re-calibrating the regulatory environment; streamlining financial assistance; advancing female technopreneurship; improving commercialization; and accessing new markets.
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Innovative approaches to reach youth entrepreneurship excellence
22 June 2023
This policy brief incorporates the issues and recommendations brought forward by the policy dialogue on “Innovative Approaches to Reach Youth Entrepreneurship Excellence”, held in Colombo in June 2022. It provides insights on developing entrepreneurial readiness, fostering women entrepreneurship, creating a favorable ecosystem, celebrating mistakes and promoting entrepreneurship.
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Jobs and global supply chains in South-East Asia
07 June 2023
South-East Asia has become a key player in global supply chains (GSCs) during recent decades, and the region’s participation in GSCs has had a profound impact on labour markets. The region has become increasingly dependent on GSCs for employment despite some short periods of sharp volatility and setbacks, including in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The social life of industrial disputes: Exploring workers-centred industrial relations in India’s garment labour regime
06 June 2023
This report describes the nature of labour relations from a perspective of worker grievances in three garment production clusters of India, namely the National Capital Region, Bengaluru and Tiruppur. It establishes a connection between the evolution of regional labour regimes and the social history of industrial relations and grievances in these three clusters. The report is an important reference to understand the understand differences and commonalities of working and living conditions of garment workers across these locations.
May 2023
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Digital Wages for Decent Work in the Philippines: Fact sheet
22 May 2023
The project fact sheet provides an overview of about the ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work initiative in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the responsible transition from cash to digital wage payments.
April 2023
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Framework for Sri Lanka’s health workers’ mobility adopting fair and ethical recruitment practices
03 April 2023
February 2023
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Opening address at the Executive course for regional managers on strategic compliance planning
06 February 2023
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Executive course for regional managers on strategic compliance planning, 6 February 2023, Manila, Philippines
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Keynote address at the 2023 Talent summit: The impact of the future of work
02 February 2023
By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the 2023 Talent summit: The impact of the future of work of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (AmCham), 2 February 2023, Manila, Philippines